[Pkg-lxde-maintainers] Bug#578160: global vs local config files

[Michael Tokarev]

Package: lxsession
Version: 0.4.4-1
Severity: wishlist

lxsession uses a config file (and there's a config file editor,
lxsession-edit package).  But unfortunately, the local config
file (~/.config/lxsession/LXDE/config) is not being used, but
only the global one (/etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/conifg) is.  For
example, if I specify

  [Session]
  window_manager=compiz

in local config, lxde starts openbox anyway, according to the
global config.  After searching the 'net I found several discussions
about how to change the window manager, and all them refers to
the global config file editing, which means it's done for all
users at once.  But the whole goal of my experiment is to try
it out for one user only, without affecting others.

Ditto for the autostart files: it is not possible to omit starting
applications defined in the global autostart.  For example, I'd
like to omit pcmanfm, so in my local autostart I have to use
something like 'killall pcmanfm' before starting alternative
(in this case I had to remove pcmanfm entirely to stop it from
starting).

Thanks!

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.4
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (60, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.33-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages lxsession depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0             1.29.92-1        The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                   2.10.2-6         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2               1.9.6-6          The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3             1.2.1-5+lenny1   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1          2.8.0-2~bpo50+1  generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6            2.3.7-2+lenny1   FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libglib2.0-0            2.24.0-1         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0             2.18.6-1~bpo50+1 The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libpango1.0-0           1.28.0-1         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libx11-6                2:1.3.3-2        X11 client-side library

Versions of packages lxsession recommends:
ii  hal                           0.5.14-2   Hardware Abstraction Layer
ii  icewm [x-window-manager]      1.2.35-1   wonderful Win95-OS/2-Motif-like wi
ii  metacity [x-window-manager]   1:2.22.0-2 A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii  openbox [x-window-manager]    3.4.8-1    standards compliant, fast, light-w
ii  openssh-client [ssh-client]   1:5.1p1-5  secure shell client, an rlogin/rsh

Versions of packages lxsession suggests:
ii  gpicview                 0.1.9-4+lenny1  lightweight image viewer
ii  lxde-common              0.5.0-2~bpo50+1 the Lightweight X11 Desktop Enviro
ii  lxpanel                  0.5.4.1-1       a lightweight desktop panel for X
pn  pcmanfm                  <none>          (no description available)

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